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ENDE: ditch Graben ENDE: to burrow graben ENDE: to dig (dug,dug) graben ENDE: to dig graben ENDE: to grave (graved,graven) graben ENDE: to trench graben
like: graben → →
graben ☊ bò ☊ ☊
begraben ☊ chôn vùi ☊ ☊
der Graben ☊ hố, rãnh ☊ ☊
der Entwässerungsgraben ☊ rãnh thoát nước ☊ ☊
etwas ausgraben ☊ khai quật gì đó ☊ ☊
graben ☊ 挖 ☊ wā
begraben ☊ 掩埋 ☊ yǎn mái
Graben ☊ 沟渠 ☊ gōuqú
Entwässerungsgraben ☊ 排水沟渠 ☊ páoshuǐ gōuqú
etwas ausgraben ☊ 挖掘出某物 ☊ wājué chū mǒuwù
Die Menschen mussten fliehen und viele wurden von herabstürzenden Trümmern begraben. ☊ Mọi người phải bỏ chạy và nhiều người bị chôn vùi trong đống đổ nát. ☊ (Lektion 72, Nr. 1032)
He was buried alive in the earthquake. ☊ alive ☊
They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves. ☊ beneath ☊
bury sb/sth: The house was buried under ten feet of snow. ☊ bury ☊
bury sb/sth + adj.: The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed. ☊ bury ☊
Your letter got buried under a pile of papers. ☊ bury ☊
buried treasure ☊ bury ☊
The dog had buried its bone in the garden. ☊ bury ☊
He was buried in Highgate Cemetery. ☊ bury ☊
Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. ☊ bury ☊
The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees. ☊ confidence ☊
Though the idea may be dead, it is far from being buried (= people still talk about it, even though there is nothing new to say). ☊ dead ☊
In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician. ☊ dead ☊
dig (for sth): to dig for coal/gold/Roman remains ☊ dig ☊
I think I'll do some digging in the garden. ☊ dig ☊
dig sth: to dig a ditch/grave/hole/tunnel ☊ dig ☊
I've been digging the garden. ☊ dig ☊
The ditches had filled up with mud. ☊ fill up (with sth), fill sth up (with sth) ☊
The car went skidding off the road into a ditch. ☊ go ☊
heavy digging/lifting ☊ heavy ☊
He dug a deep hole in the garden. ☊ hole ☊
He was buried with full military honours (= with a special military service as a sign of respect). ☊ honour ☊
new potatoes (= ones dug from the soil early in the season) ☊ new ☊
The car ran off the road into a ditch. ☊ run ☊
Digging is thirsty work (= makes you thirsty). ☊ thirsty ☊
toxic waste buried deep underground ☊ underground ☊